One late bus can ruin your day, and your relationship with Halifax Transit. That long wait in the rain, the blown appointment, a bus that you missed because it went early—these are more powerful memories than the smooth trips, so it seems like the buses are always late.

If you like wearing dresses, and you like cycling, chances are you’ve probably unintentionally flashed a few bystanders. Maybe you’re into that sort of thing, but for those that aren’t there are luckily some solutions.

A wheelchair user and frequent transit critic is again calling out Halifax Transit after he says the bus system stranded him in Dartmouth overnight. Last month Daniel J. Towsey took the bus out to Maynard Lake to photograph the sunset.

The end of a three part series of sessions brings brainstorms to life.

Twice this summer the Planning & Design Centre and Fusion Halifax brought together transit experts and community members to talk about the future of public transportation in our fair city. These weren't just little chit chats, they got the attention of about 100 participants who put their heads together to come up with some guiding principles for transit, and then they mapped out some of their ideas for possible transit networks.

In a multi-million dollar exercise in bait-and-switch, renewed plans for an expanded Bridge Terminal lack all the design aspects that won over community support last year. In early 2010, Metro Transit announced it wanted to expand the terminal by paving over six acres of land on the Dartmouth Common designated as the Wilderness Park.

It was a big deal when 14 Nova Bus articulated buses---the "double" buses, with a hinge in the middle---showed up on the streets of Halifax in 1993. "We weren't sure they'd be able to handle the hills," says Metro Transit's Lori Patterson.

Bus planned this summer for Terminal Road, NSCAD's Port Campus and the new Farmers' Market.

Bus service is a possibility this summer for Terminal Road, NSCAD's Port Campus, the new Farmers' Market and the new Nova Scotia Power site on the Halifax waterfront. Eddie Robar, Metro Transit's manager of planning and development, says the transit service will propose a waterfront route to city council in April.

Problem is, MetroX bus procurement's on a milk run. Airport service can't be implemented until spring of 2011.

An airport bus appears to be coming after all. Mention of the
airport bus was left off the Five-Year Transit Plan delivered to
council a few weeks ago, but a separate staff report submitted to
council this week says the airport bus is in the works.

The provincial government last week approved starting appropriation proceedings to acquire 38 hectares near Timberlea, land needed to build Highway 113.

The provincial government last week approved starting appropriation
proceedings to acquire 38 hectares near Timberlea, land needed to build
Highway 113, a controversial proposal to connect existing Highways 102
and 103 with a new 10-kilometre long, four-lane divided highway laid
through a fragile wilderness area west of Halifax (see map above). Additionally, an environmental assessment for the project is
scheduled to be completed in October, clearing the way for construction
to begin.

Terminall upset: Dartmouth High students object to Metro Transit's plan to expand the Bridge Terminal.

Several dozen Dartmouth High School students braved a
downpour last Thursday to hold a spirited protest against Metro
Transit's plans for an expansion of the nearby Bridge Terminal. They
carried signs calling for preservation of the Dartmouth Common, and
chanted "Metro Transit, we need a better plan" and other slogans.